Trans Temp.

rwoods5 · Mar 27, 2017

My truck is d e l e t ed and tuned with S P A R T A N. I have a MPD sxe turbo kit and a no limit intake. Over the weekend I added a H&S low pressure fuel pump and now my truck and transmission is getting hotter than it use to. Any ideas?

dsmracing1 · Mar 27, 2017

How's olds your trans oil??

rwoods5 · Mar 27, 2017

Im not for sure. I bought the truck with 90,000 miles and have not changed it since I have had it.

jimdawg185 · Mar 27, 2017

Change the oil, can't hurt as it's probably a good idea regardless.

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dsmracing1 · Mar 27, 2017

WHS^^^

ThreeFitty · Mar 27, 2017

Not sure if my truck has ever had it changed in its 100k, good idea to change it out? I know on 4R's it was always a crap shoot from what I heard from shops, I know these trucks are a lot different than the older stuff

dsmracing1 · Mar 27, 2017

ThreeFitty said:
Not sure if my truck has ever had it changed in its 100k, good idea to change it out? I know on 4R's it was always a crap shoot from what I heard from shops, I know these trucks are a lot different than the older stuff

Well considering I've changed mine twice in 85K and I'm gonna go for a third change soon, yes I would change that out right away. It might look alright on the dipstick but wait until you are shocked at how dark and crappy looking it is when you drain it!

ThreeFitty · Mar 27, 2017

dsmracing1 said:
Well considering I've changed mine twice in 85K and I'm gonna go for a third change soon, yes I would change that out right away. It might look alright on the dipstick but wait until you are shocked at how dark and crappy looking it is when you drain it!

Roger! Drop the pan and do a filter?

dsmracing1 · Mar 28, 2017

ThreeFitty said:
Roger! Drop the pan and do a filter?

You Betcha!

jimdawg185 · Mar 28, 2017

If you need a good fluid let me know!

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Sportchassis06 · Mar 28, 2017

ThreeFitty said:
Roger! Drop the pan and do a filter?

Valvoline make a fluid which Meets the motorcraft spec,full synthetic $18.00 a gallon at Walmart.

jimdawg185 · Mar 28, 2017

Sportchassis06 said:
Valvoline make a fluid which Meets the motorcraft spec,full synthetic $18.00 a gallon at Walmart.

I think Macdonalds has some too.

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sootie · Mar 28, 2017

jimdawg185 said:
I think Macdonalds has some too.

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bwahaha LOL

8WR_ZJ · Mar 28, 2017

How much oil do you need to change the trans fluid and the fluid in the converter?

sootie · Mar 28, 2017

8WR_ZJ said:
How much oil do you need to change the trans fluid and the fluid in the converter?

18 qts. But not really possible unless you remove the transmission so you wont likely use that much.

jimdawg185 · Mar 28, 2017

Most of my customers drain and fill two or three times. Once when you change the filter then once or twice more after if replacing old oil. With a tighter pm it's just a drain and fill

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8WR_ZJ · Mar 28, 2017

Can't you pop off a cooler line and get almost all of it out?

Sportchassis06 · Mar 28, 2017

jimdawg185 said:
I think Macdonalds has some too.

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They also carry SNAKE OIL.LMAO

jimdawg185 · Mar 28, 2017

Sportchassis06 said:
They also carry SNAKE OIL.LMAO

Technicality it's Viper semen.

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jimdawg185 · Mar 28, 2017

Quick tutorial on what LV.
LV is low viscosity. It's for MPG and emissions requirements. The spec is super loose and not impressive at all. Honda trans oil has three times the spec from a quality perspective.

Here's the limited info available on Valvoline max Life LV.
5 cSt at 100c, 28 at 40c, that's the low vis spec for LV. But, the VI is only 156... so what happens when it gets really cold, Brookfield is 10k plus at -40.

Here is 1150. Vis is higher at 40 and 100 by nearly 20%. So it's not for emissions, doesn't meet the spec. But will hold vis at op temp and will hold better film strength by 20%. Now, what happens when it's really cold.... we'll look at that, it's vis is significantly lower at -40c.... why, because of the ridiculously robust base oil it's made with. 186 VI. So it's viscosity changes much less over temp.

When you start looking into the wide vi characteristics of these oils, the high quality ones start to shine pretty bright.

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